Pulverizing condiment-holder.



No. 732,214. PATENTED JUNE 30, 1903.

, G. B. OVERBAUGH.

BULVERIZING GONDIMENT HOLDER. I

APPLICATION FILED E'EPT. 19, 1902.

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Patented June 30, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. OVERBAUGI-I, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

PULVERIZING CONDlNlENT-HOLDER.

PECIFICATION formingpart Of Letters Patent No. 732,214, dated June 30, 1903.

Application filed September 19,1902. Serial No. 123.992. (No modeh'i 2'0 all whom 216 ntay concern:

Beit known that LOHARLES B. OVERBAUGH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pulverizing Condiment-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in pulverizing condimentholders adapted to contain powdered or granular material; and it consists in the novel features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of the invention is to produce a salt-cellar or like receptacle having efficient means for preventing the caking of the salt or other material therein and for insuring the proper discharge of the same through the perforated top or cap of the receptacle.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical section through a salt-cellar constructed in accordance with and embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a detached bottom view of the cap and attachment therefor.

In the drawings, 10 designates the receptacle for the salt or other material, and 11' the perforated cap therefor, the latter being usually threaded upon the upper end or neck of the receptacle.

The features comprising my invention pertain not so much to the receptacle 10 or cap 11 as to what may be termed an attachment for the receptacle, this attachment comprising a vertical rod 12, extending freely through a central aperture in the cap 11 and carrying at its lower end the horizontal spider-frame 13 and suspended open frame 14, while at its upper end the said rod 12 is equipped with a suitable knob or handle 15, intermediate which and the top of the cap 11 a movable weight 16 is confined upon the rod 12, said weight 16 being movable upon said rod and said rod being movable in the aperture in the cap 11.

The rod 12 is simply a plain straight rod, and the knob or handle 15 upon the upper end of said rod will be of any convenient or suitable character, while the weight 16 will preferably be somewhat spherical in outline and capable at its ends of contacting with the knob 15 and top of the cap 11 during the usual shaking of the salt-cellar to effect the discharge of the salt therefrom.

The horizontal frame 13, carried at the lower end of the rod 12, is in the form of a spanner or open spider-frame comprising arms, which at their ends are confined bet-weenthe upper end of the receptacle 10 and the lower surface of the cap 11, the upper end. of the receptacle 1O affording a suitable shoulder upon which the outer ends or edges of the frame 13 may rest when the salt-cellar is in an upright position. A suitable space is provided between the upper end of the receptacle 10 and the lower surface of the cap 11, within which the frame 13 may have a limited vertical movement as well as a horizontal rotary movement.

The frame 14, suspended from the lower end of the rod 12, will enter the salt within the receptacle 10, and said frame will by preference be formed from a wire or strip outlining an open frame comprising a straight side rod 17, a corrugated or serpentine side rod 18, and a base-rod 19, connecting said side rods 17 18. The side rod 17 is disposed reasonably close along the inner wall of the recep- 'tacle, so that it may be moved along said wall when the frame14 is rotated and clear the same of salt or whatever may be in said receptacle, and the side rod 18 has its corrugations extended from near the sidewall to near the vertical center of the receptacle, so that when the frame 14 is rotated they may agitate the body of salt or other material from its circumference to its center, and thereby assuredly loosen up or prevent the cakingvof the same. The base-rod 19 is adjacent to the inner surface of the bottom of the receptacle, and it when the frame 14 is rotated will move over said surface and prevent any caking of salt thereon. Thus the frame 1 1 is capable of loosening up the entire body of salt or other material and keeping the entire inner walls of the receptacle free from incrustation.

The attachment constituting my invention is capable of performing various functions,

all tending to insure the proper discharge at the proper'time of the salt or other material, such as sugar, from the receptacle 10 when the latter is shaken in the usual manner. When the salt-cellar is in an upright position, the frame 13 may rest upon the upper edges of the receptacle 10, and at such time the open frame 14 may be conveniently rotated within the body of the salt, so as to loosen up the same, this rotation of the frame 14 being effected by grasping the knob or handle 15 with the thumb and finger and turning the same and the rod 12 axially. When the receptacle 10 is in an upright position, the attachment constituting my invention may also be employed for removing any salt which may have become incrusted upon the lower side ofthe cap 1l,this beingaccomplished bydrawing the rod 12 upward until the frame 13 is in contact with the lower surface of the cap 11, as shown in Fig. 1, and then turning said rod so that the arms of the frame 13 may be moved against the lower surface of the cap 11 for clearing the same and opening the perforations in said cap. The turning of the rod 12 and frame 13 willatany timeloosen up anysalt which may have lodged intermediate the upper edge of the receptacle 10 and cap 11. An important feature of theinvention is that during the usual shaking of the salt-cellar having my attachment applied thereto the whole attachment may be jarred in line with its length, since at such time the weight 16 will slide upon the rod 12 and alternately strike the knob or handle 15 and the cap 11, thereby so jarring the cap 11 and the salt as to prevent the clogging .of the perforations in the cap 11 and insure the proper discharge of the salt. When during the shaking of the saltcellar the weight 16 strikes the knob or handle 15, it will tend to drive the rod 12 outward and carry the frame 13 against the in ner surface of the cap 11 and also at the same time cause the'movement of the frame 14: within the body of the salt, and when during the shaking of the salt-cellar the weight 16 strikes the cap 11 it will jar and aid in clearing the perforations of the same. The rod 12, frame 13, and frame 14 thus may have a movement or vibration during the shaking of the salt-cellar, and in addition the weight 16 may have a more violent and independent movement, due to the fact that it is free on the rod 12. The attachment constituting my invention will be maintained centrally in position with respect to the cap 11 and receptacle 10 by reason of the fact that the frame 13 is confined above the upper edges of the receptacle 10 and is only capable of such limited movement as may be permitted by the space intermediate the said edges of said receptacle and the inner surface of the perforated cap 11 and also by reason of the fact that the frame 14 substantially engages the opposite sides and bottom of the inner chamber of the receptacle. 7

I do not limit the attachment in every instance to the employment of the agitatorframe 14.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The receptacle having the perforated cap,combined with the rod extending through said cap and having the knob at its upper end, an agitator-frame suspended by said rod within said receptacle, and the movable weight on said rod intermediate of said knob and said cap; substantially as set forth.

2. The receptacle having the perforated cap,comhined with the rod extending through said capandhaving theknob on its upper end, an agitator-frame suspended by said rod within said receptacle, the open frame 13, carried by said rod above said agitator-frame, and the movable weight on said rod intermediate said knob and said cap; substantially as set forth. 7

3. The receptacle having the perforated cap, combined with the rod extended through said cap and having the knob at its outer end, the frame 13 carried by said rod below said cap, and the movable weight on said rod intermediate said knob and said cap; substantially as set forth. 7 I

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 18th day of September, A. D. 1902.

CHARLES E. OVERBAUGH.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR MARION, CHAS. O. GILL. 

